Learning About Nigeria {Week 1}

Our study of Africa continued with the country of Nigeria. For some reason, the kids really enjoyed the book picks that we had for Nigeria. Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria by Aaron Shepard was read so many times I could almost recite the story to you all…

Monday

• Introduce new song about West Africa
• Use atlas and globe to locate Africa and Nigeria
• Talked about the size of Nigeria {about twice that of California}
• Independent reading {pick from the bookshelf ~ see carousel below}

Tuesday

• Review geography song
• Learn some new geography terms: rainforest, plains, plateau, gulf
• Learned about the flag of Nigeria and completed notebooking page

Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Draw Write Now {book 8} ~ draw a hippopotamus
• Visited National Geographic for Kids: Nigeria site
• Independent reading – book pick from our Nigeria shelf

Thursday

• Review geography song
• Story from Around the World in 80 Tales
• Reading together book on Nigeria {from our bookshelf}

Resources and Websites

• National Geographic for Kids: Nigeria site
• Nigeria Direct ~ activities and links for things to do in Nigeria
• Lake of the Big Snake lapbook ~ from Homeschool Share {we didn’t use this because I couldn’t find the book…}
• Fact Monster ~ information about kids in Nigeria

Books We’re Using